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Casanova: The Man Who Really Loved Women Book

It seems that Giovanni Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) wasn't really a Casanova after all ... or, rather, not according to the contemporary definition of the word. Belgian psychoanalyst Lydia Flem presents a bold new interpretation of Casanova's life as seen through his 12-volume History of My Life (incredibly, it's incomplete), excerpts from which are sprinkled liberally throughout the text of her book Casanova. Yes, it's true, the man dedicated his life to the pursuit of happiness, but he also once declared that "to be happy, it seems to me one needs only a library." And far from being a serial seducer who conquered women only to abandon them, he treated women as intellectual equals, was almost never the one to initiate a breakup, and remained friends with many of his former lovers. Flem's insights into Casanova's life--and his memories of that life--are delivered in lively prose that moves quickly without skimping on intelligence. --Ron HoganRead More

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  • Product Description

    Here is a deliciously entertaining account of Europe's most benevolent lover--Casanova. In this splendid new biography, readers discover him as an ardent man of the Enlightenment, a true friend and lover of women. Casanova insisted that pleasure is the first principle of existence but that true happiness came only in one's memory.

  • 0374119570
  • 9780374119577
  • Lydia Flem
  • 1 November 1997
  • Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 258
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